Men facing drug charges following 6-month investigation

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Deputies with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office have charged four men in a drug investigation.

Deputies say several complaints about drug activity at a home in the 1100 block of Cowan Street led to a search warrant execution by detectives last Wednesday. They say more than 100 bags of heroin along with cocaine were seized.

Francisco Adrian Nunez, Alquah Omar Drakeford, Maurice Jerome Jones, and Daquah Lamar Drakeford are all facing felony drug charges.  Daquah Drakeford is in jail under more than a $1 million bond, while the others are in jail under a $750,000 bond.